The wacky misadventures of the SF->Google/south-bay bike commuter gang

Friday, July 9, 2010

DOUBLE FAIL on Fri 7/9 Millbway style II

The day started out good; Made the BART train on time, snuck in a coffee, and rode down to Millbrae listening to Le Show.

Fooled around with the add-fare machine and managed to get rid of one of my many $1.10 tickets lying around the house.

There was a +1 followed by a -1 and I expected to ride solo, so I was pleasantly surprised to find Michelle Cheng (hope I got your name right!) waiting at the bottom of the escalator.

Off we rode, and made the left onto Millbrae Ave.

SNAP And there goes my chain.

Michelle was very optimistic that between her chain tool and someone more experienced than either of us eventually riding by, my chain could be fixed. Looking at the missing link piece, I was unable to muster such confidence, so I confirmed that she was cool with riding on by herself, and said goodbye. I called my wife and asked if she could throw the boy, the dog, and the bike rack in the car and come pick me up, walked back to the station, and took the BART back to Glen Park.

They were waiting for me when I arrived, which was really nice, and I went around the back, pulled out the rack, stuck it into the slot, and turned the crank to tighten it into the hitch receiver.

SNAP And there goes my bike rack.

We made it home on the cotter pin and slow driving.

This is the 2nd time the attachment system on my rack - Thule "Helium" - has broken. I'm going to insist on getting it replaced with something different this time. Never again.